The Masses is a post-partisan, omni-racial, multi-gender, quasi-radical, sketch comedy show that represents the perspective of the artistic and creative counter-culture that is actually the mainstream. The tone will be the “Twilight Zone” meets sketch comedy – creating scenarios that are rooted both in reality and in our surreal dystopian not-too-distant future. Centered on a… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Masses by Toni Nagy
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Best Scene COMEDY Short Screenplay of How Did We Get Here? by Travis Darkow & Chris Isaacson
Francis, a pessimist, and Chester, a happy go lucky pot head, struggle with two jobs they hate, all while Chester bounces his insane ideas off of Francis on how to get themselves out of their jobs. The only problem? One lacks motivation, and the other is almost always stoned. Francis drives a septic truck, and… Continue reading Best Scene COMEDY Short Screenplay of How Did We Get Here? by Travis Darkow & Chris Isaacson
Comedy Festival Testimonial – September 28 2018
I wanted to thank you for sending those notes along. The notes are some of the best we’ve ever received and it’s clear that the reader “got it.” While the criticisms are valid, this is the rare case where we made conscious creative choices and understood that some may see those choices as weaknesses. We… Continue reading Comedy Festival Testimonial – September 28 2018
COMEDY Best Scene: MAE DAY by Ashley Rubay and Annick Blomdahl
Mae Day is a 30-minute comedy about two bumbling cousins, Ellie and Val, who must move in with their grandmother, Mae de Rochier, when the discovers that she has dementia. CAST LIST: Jack – 5 – Kevin Gabel Joe – 6 – Hartley O. Gyamfi Narration – Allen Michael Brunet Grandma Mae – 16 –… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene: MAE DAY by Ashley Rubay and Annick Blomdahl
COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Accidental Feminist by Blayr Austin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gll3FPnC4fM Eugene Gorfinkel is raised by an unusually controlling feminist mother and 3 aggressive sisters as his father’s in jail. He is breastfed until he’s 12. He is the quintessential Mama’s boy to the extreme. The women in Eugene’s life hover over him constantly. Their “love” is so all encompassing that it doesn’t allow… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading of The Accidental Feminist by Blayr Austin
COMEDY Best Scene: THE WORDSMITH by Matthew Holy
The Wordsmith is a comedy about Harry, a hapless bachelor who is forever using his words in an attempt to gain the upper hand (and failing miserably). When he goes out with Jane, a sexy and sophisticated woman he has met on a dating site, he quickly discovers that puns are not the way to… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene: THE WORDSMITH by Matthew Holy
COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: MADNESS by Cory Huizar
A white cop (having a crisis of conscious) arrests a young, black athlete, shortly before a virus is unleashed in Chicago turning the infected into extremely rabid, prejudice monsters. A horror satire. Assistant – 1 – Georgia Grant Wesley – 7 – Hartley O. Gyamfi Narration – Regan Brown Montgomery 40s – 10 – David Lapsley Secretary of Defense… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: MADNESS by Cory Huizar
COMEDY Short Screenplay: SHE DREAMS OF PLASTIC TIARAS, by Troy Harvey Graham
Genre: Comedy, Drama A woman visits a plastic surgeon with the hope of changing the future for her daughter. CAST LIST: Prada: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Dr. Sanderson: Russell Batcher Narration: Sean Ballantyne Delmot: Hugh Ritchie Amberly: Pearl Ho ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox
Winning COMEDY Short Screenplay: COUNTRY ROADS by Stephen Bodossian
Genre: Comedy A lazy father takes his four-year-old daughter to rural North Jersey to meet her favorite movie character, Bambi, in hopes of proving to her that he is a fun dad and to gain a parenting win over his ex-wife. He soon learns that finding Bambi is much more difficult than anticipated. CAST LIST:… Continue reading Winning COMEDY Short Screenplay: COUNTRY ROADS by Stephen Bodossian
COMEDY Best Scene Reading of THE BOOK WRITER by Kris Bauske
Doyle Tipton is a successful playwright and author, but her name causes most people to think she’s a man. She has the chops to make it as a bigtime book writer for stage musicals, but she’s never actually had a success in this area. Every time she proposes a concept to a band, they hem… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading of THE BOOK WRITER by Kris Bauske
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